Skybound EXP, which owns the rights to The Walking Dead Escape, backed out of a partnership agreement that called for CFX to craft 245 masks, handle make-up services, assist with media relations and create local partnership opportunities for Skybound, according to the release.

CFX creates lifelike silicon masks, which typically retail for between $800 and $1,000.

“We’re beyond disappointed that fans of The Walking Dead, who are participating in the Walking Dead Escape will not have the CFX experience, nor get to wear the masks that we have been working tirelessly on for 6 weeks,” said Diana Branton, the creative director and a sculptor for CFX, in the release. “Our artists made this their life and created it in record time.”